Typewriter

You can use the Typewriter command to add comments anywhere on a PDF. 

A Typewriter comment 

Add comments with Typewriter

• Choose Comment > Typewriter.
• Click on the area to type any text you want. The Format tab appears in the right panel for you to specify the font format, add bulleted/numbered lists to paragraphs, align text, etc. See also the buttons in the Text Style group in the Format tab.
• Press Enter if you want to start a new line.
• To finish typing, click anywhere outside the text you have inputted.

Tip: It’s easy to copy-and-paste text to PDF document as a typewriter annotation from a text document or webpage.

Editing the typewriter comment

To edit the typewriter comment, do either of the following: 

• On the document pane, double-click the comment with the Hand command, Select Annotation command, or the Typewriter command to activate the text field. Then follow the steps in “Adding Comments with Typewriter” to edit the text. 

• In the Comments panel, double-click the comment that you want to edit, or right-click the comment and choose Edit. Then edit the text in the activated field, and click the icon.

  Tip: When you select a typewriter comment, you will find a toolbar floating around the comment, which allows you to copy the selected typewriter comment, change the font size, and open/close the Format tab.

Spell Checking Typewriter Input

If you have enabled spell checking by checking Enable spell check from File > Preferences > Spelling, when you use typewriter to insert any English text, the spelling errors (if any) will be highlighted, and underlined with squiggly lines. 

• Right click on the misspelled words, and you will see a list of suggested words.
• Choose one of the suggested words to correct your input or ignore the squiggly line.

Move the typewriter comment

1. Select the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the Typewriter command. 
2. Click on the typewriter comment.
3. The cursor turns to a solid arrow when hovering over the comment. Hold down the mouse and drag the typewriter comment to the intended place.

Delete the typewriter comment

1. Select the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the Typewriter command. 
2. Click on the typewriter comment.
3. The cursor turns to a solid arrow when hovering over the comment. 
4. Click on the comment and press the Delete key. Or, right-click the comment and choose Delete from the pop-up context menu.

Tip: You can also delete a typewriter comment by right-clicking the comment in the Comments panel and choosing Delete from the context menu.